Cubs Halt Loss Streak With 2-0 Victory Over Expos
Chicago tops Montreal 2-0 as Bill Hands allows five hits and posts his first shutout of the season. Banks ties DiMaggio for 15th on the all time list with a sacrifice fly and Popovich drives in the first run after Williams' single. Hands avoids trouble in sixth and seventh with double plays to seal the win.
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Ron Brand
Pilots Edge KC In First Game Of Twin Bill
Ray Oyler belted a two run homer in the sixth inning lifting the Seattle Pilots to a 5 3 win over the Kansas City A s in the opener of a Friday night doubleheader.
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Hawkins Leaves ABA for Suns Sparks NBA Shift
Connie Hawkins jumped from the ABA to the NBA signing with the Phoenix Suns and ending his $6 million lawsuit against the league. Commissioner Walter Kennedy announced Hawkins will play for Phoenix next season after a closed directors meeting. Hawkins, 28, 6-8, was a top ABA star and praised by Lew Alcindor who called him the best he has seen.
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Pirates edge Giants 2 0 in Decatur LL Major action
In Decatur Little League majors the Pirates defeated the Giants 2 0 as Sandy Cunningham pitched a one hitter and seven strikeouts. Farris, Garrett and Cunningham added Pirates hits while Whitlow took the loss. The game lasted 55 minutes, the season’s shortest.
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Carlos Carlos Leads Sprint Day At Mexico City Trials
John Carlos spoke after the final time praising his win while noting the 100 meters is an extra. he is primarily a 220 man. He joined Sam Davis Kirk Clayton and Ronnie Ray Smith for a 440 yard relay that beat 39 seconds for a US team.
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Ronnie Ray Smith
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Olympic Village
Mexico City
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Rheingold memory of affectionate Met fans at Polo Grounds
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls a middle aged couple escorted from a Polo Grounds seat for public affection. The defense of their marriage by the wife drew cheers from nearby true Met fans who watched the scene as part of a storied summer day in baseball history.
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Astros Rally Past Padres for 3-1 Victory to Sweep Doubleheader
Curt Blefary delivered a clutch double in the seventh inning powering a three run rally that gave the Houston Astros a 3-1 win over the San Diego Padres and completed a doubleheader sweep Friday night.
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Curt Blefary
Houston Astros
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Tillman Cracks Homer Gives Braves 4-2 Win
Braves rally to force extra innings after a late tying surge then Bob Tillman belted a one out homer in the 12th to beat the Giants 4-3 in Atlanta. Bobby Bonds tripled and scored on a fielder’s choice to give San Francisco a 1-0 lead with Willie McCovey driving in two in the third.
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Willie McCovey
Rain Postpones Boston at New York. Pe pitone Grand Slam Leads
Rain halted the Boston at New York game in the first inning with the Yankees ahead 4-0 as Joe Pepitone hit a grand slam. The game was rescheduled as part of a day night doubleheader on Saturday.
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New York
Joe Pepitone
Orioles Split With Indians
In Cleveland, Brooks Robinson hit a two run homer and Paul Blair added a solo shot in the eighth to lift Baltimore to a 5-1 win and force a split of the doubleheader. In the opener Luis Tiant threw eight hits and drove in a two run homer as Cleveland won 7-2.
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Duke Sims
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White draft board seeks voiding of enlistment
The St. Louis Selective Service Board 110 asks that Jo Jo White’s Hartford Marine Reserve enlistment be voided as fraudulent claiming he was not a Connecticut resident and the call to verify eligibility was not in his file. NBA officials contend the matter is blown out of proportion.
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Carl Scheer
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Championship Flight Players Named In Golf Tournament Card
A lineup of players for multiple flights and tees lists Heavy J. O. Marcum Jim Edmondson Fred Hunt Carlos Hagood and many others with times from 9 50 to 2 20 and indicates CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT participants Frank Campbell Gryan Bergeron Jim Mitchell and Al Jones among others.
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Fred Hunt
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Ray McMeans
Russell Bolding
Charles Cargill
Bill Keel
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R. Mackiewitz
Harry Fuller
Bob Free
J. J. Putnam
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Ralph Roberts
Frank Campbell
Gryan Bergeron
Jim Mitchell
al Jones
Cecil Chandler
Tom Roberts
Seldon Compton
Lloyd Kranert
Chuck Garman
J.C. Sanders
Scott Derrick
Jack Atkinson
Thornton Fleming
Herman Myers
Dick Fairbrothers
Bill Wyker III
Bobby Evans
Jay Martin
Matthew Power
Bill Collins
David Stuart
Joe Portwood
Jim Lanza
Ken Shuppert
Norm Meyer
Ed Grubbs
Sam Hardy
John Dement
Robbie Castleberry
H. T. Nagle
Charlie Vernon
Joe Chapman
B. R. Jacobs
Sears Lee
Harold Bailey
Ray Edmondson
Dan Crane
Bob Warren
Carl Willford
Ralph Bland
Phillies Rally Past Pirates 8 7 Behind Stone Triple
Philadelphia overcome a seven run third inning by Pittsburgh to win 8 7. Gene Stones run scoring triple in the seventh sparked the Phils comeback as Billy Wilson blanks the Pirates from the fifth through the eighth. Manny Sanguillen and Al Oliver singled in the ninth but Mazeroski hit into a game ending grounder.
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Lakers Dodgers Edge Reds 4 2 in Friday Night Tilt
Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Cincinnati 4 to 2 as Jim Lefebvre drove in two runs and scored once. Drysdale allowed three hits in six innings before giving way with a 3-0 lead. Al McBean yielded the two-run relieve in the seventh. Lefebvre added an RBI single in the second and a sacrifice fly in the sixth, while Maury Wills contributed an infield hit scoring a run.
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Mets Rally To Defeat Bob Gibson
Cleon Jones delivered a two run single as the Mets built an early lead off Bob Gibson and held on for a 4 3 victory over St. Louis. Tommie Agee opened the first with a double and Ken Boswell added an infield hit before Jones drove in two runs. Agee later scored on Boswell's triple in the second. Nolan Ryan improved to 3 0 with a strong start, fending off the Cardinals until the fifth inning.
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